In his book Wicked Pissed, Ted Reinstein captures the conflict on Massachusetts' Route 133, the Clam Highway, and looks at the state of the Red Sox - Yankees rivalry.

In his book Wicked Pissed, Ted Reinstein captures the conflict on Massachusetts' Route 133, the Clam Highway, and looks at the state of the Red Sox - Yankees rivalry.

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Updated: 11:03 AM EDT May 2, 2016

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WEBVTT ANTHONY: HAVE YOU EVER TRAVELED THE CLAM HIGHWAY. ROUTE 133 IS A MUST TRY FOR THE FRIED FOOD FANATIC WITH SEVERAL GOOD CLAM SHACKS CLAM-ORING FOR YOUR ATTENTION. THAT WAS BAD. AND CERTAINLY WORTHY OF MORE INVESTIGATION. ♪ TO NATIVES AND VISITORS ALIKE, CAPE -- IS SEASIDE REFUGE, A PLACE OF STUNNING LIGHT. BUT IT IS NOT ALL ENTIRELY PEACEFUL. HOW DO I DESCRIBE THE CLM AM WARS? ROUTE 133, THERE ARE SO MANY CLAM SHACKS. ANTHONY: IT IS ONLY A 5.5 MILE STRETCH OF ROAD BETWEEN IPSWICH AND ESSEX BUT ROUTE 133 IS CALLED THE CLAM HIGHWAY FOR GOOD REASON. THREE FAMOUS FRIED CLAM LANDMARKS LAY ALONG THE ROUTE. THE TITLE OF BEST FRIED CLAMS SEEMS ETERNALLY CONTESTED. >> THAT'S THE PER -- AS THE PERSON JOGGING DOWN THE STREET, ALL THE NEIGHBORS WILL SAY, HERE. ANTHONY: THEY BOUGHT FARNHAMS' 22 YEARS AGO. SO DOES ITS NEIGHBOR DOWN THE STREET, A PLACE CALLED WOODMEN'S. > HAVE YOU EVER TRIED THEIR CLAMS? >> I WENT THROUGH ONCE AND WE WERE READY TO BUY THE PLACE. ALL CLAMS ARE GOOD, BUT -- WE'RE BETTER. >> WE ARE THE BEST. WE NOT ONLY ARE THE ORIGINATOR, GRANDFATHER INVENTED FRIED CLAMS 100 YEARS AGO THIS YEAR ON JULY 3. ANTHONY: NO QUESTION THAT WOODMAN'S STEEPED IN HISTORY IS THAT CL CHOLOS, BIGGER WITH A BIGGER SHARE OF TOURISTS -- CO LLOSUS BIGGER WITH A BIGGER SHARE OF TOURS, ONE OF WHICH WOULD WIN HANDS DOWN. THE COMPETITION ALONG THE CLAM HIGHWAY, WOULD YOU DESCRIBE IT AS FEARS, GOOD-NATURED, INTENSE? >> I THINK IT IS GOOD-NATURED. THERE ARE MANY MORE PLACES YEARS AGO THAT WERE A COMPETITION. ANTHONY: THE OTHER SURVIVORS. >> RIGHT. I THINK BECAUSE WE ARE HANDS-ON OWNERS. AND I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS. ANTHONY: HAVE YOU TRIED WOULD BEEN -- WOODMANS? >> THEY'RE GOOD BUT I AM BETTER. ANTHONY: THERE HAS BEEN ONE HEAD-TO-HEAD FACE-OFF ON THE FOOT NETWORK -- FOOD NETWORK. YOU DID BEAT WOODMANS. >> HANDS DOWN. ANTHONY: THE CLAM BOX WAS NOT INCLUDED YOU DID CO ME OUT ON TOP. YOU LEAVE THIS ON THE FRONT COUNTER FOR A REASON. >> IT IS A WONDERFUL SHOWPIECE. ANTHONY: STEVE WOODMAN IS EVER THE DIPLOMAT WHILE CONCEDING NOTHING TO HAVE YOU TRIED THE CLAMS THERE? >> SURE. EVERY YEAR I GOING SAMPLE AND TRY TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THEY DO THE SAME HERE. THEY'RE GOOD. OURS ARE BETTER. ANTHON AS ANOTHER BASEBALL SEASON BEGINS, IT IS WORTH NOTING SOME REGIONAL SHORTHAND THAT DOES NOT CHANGE. MENTION OF CAKE TO A NEW ENGLANDER AND THAT CAN ONLY MEAN CAPD E COD. MENTION THE RIVALRY AND THAT CONTINUES TO MEAN ONLY SOX- YANKEES. >> THE RIVALRY BETWEEN THE SOX AND THE YANKEES IS ABSOLUTELY THE OPINION OF THE RIVALRY BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES. BACK IN THE DAY, IT WAS -- VERS THE YANKEES. THEN BECAME BABE RUTH VERSUS THE RED SOX. TED WILLIAMS VERSUS JOE DIMAGGIO. JASON GARRETT SEX VERSUS - VERSUS A-ROD. ANTHONY: IN 200 THAT NO LONGER EXISTED WHICH LEAVE SOME WONDERING IF A CENTURY OF BLOOD HAS HAD A TRANSFUSION. DID THE RIVALRY ENDURE? >> NOT ONLY DOES IT ENDURE. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER INCIDENT, A PITCH. AN INCIDENT WHERE THE FIRES WILL BLAZE AS BRIGHTLY AS THEY HAVE EVER BLAZED. ANTHONY: LO AND EHOLD, GUESS WHO IS IN TOWN AT FENWAY FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON TONIGHT? TED: THAT RIVALRY DOES CONTINUE. I THINK IT DOES. IT EBBS AND FLOWS. AL THE PLAYERS I SPOKE WITH, THEY ALL SAY THE SAME THING. SUDDENLY AS DI CK JOHNSON SAYS, THERE WILL BE A PITCH OR A BRAWL AND IT FLARES UP. ANTHONY: THE CLAM RIVALRY GOES ON AND ON. ANTHONY I'M DEFINITELY PARTIAL TO WOODMAN'S CLAM BOX. TED: HAVE YOU CONSIDERED POLITICS? ANTHONY: UP NEXT, IT IS THE RETURN OF A PO'ED SON. >> HIS BACK WAS TURNED TO THE CITY HE WAS BORN INTO.